Who is God talking to in Ezek 34:25-31?
Ezekiel 34:25 - 31
NKJV - 25 I will make a covenant of peace with them, and cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.
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Colin Wong
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God is talking about making a covenant of peace with the people of Israel. The previous verses particularly verse 23 to 24 talk of a Messiah of the line of David who will fulfill this covenant. Ezekiel 34:23-24 And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the Lord; I have spoken.
Jack Gutknecht
Supporter
This is an extremely interesting question! (I say so because the passage cited contains one of my most favorite Bible memory verses, Ezekiel 34:26). "And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing." "Showers of Blessing" is a hymn many Christians sing and take hope in. This imagery signifies abundant provision and God's favor coming at the right time. "The context reveals that the false shepherds in Ezekiel 34:1-8, 18-19 feed and water themselves and ignore their flocks (Eze 34:1-3, 18-19). These were the leaders of the nation of Israel. (The primary audience is the exiled Israelites who are suffering due to their leaders' failures)." "Kings and officers in government were referred to as “shepherds” (2 Sam. 7:7-8; Ps. 78:70-71; Isa. 56:10-11; 63:11; Jer. 23:9-11; 25:18-19). But true leaders don’t exploit their people—they sacrifice for them. Jesus the Shepherd set the example by laying down His life for His flock (John 10:10). This faithful Shepherd is doubtless the Messiah Himself, Jesus Christ!" --Warren Wiersbe & Harold Wilmington God is talking to the remnant of Israel.
Jeffrey Johnson
Supporter
Who is God talking to in Ezekiel 34:25-31?
Ezekiel 34:25-31, God speaks to the exiled Israelites, reassuring them that He will be their true shepherd and establish a covenant of peace. This message of hope follows a fierce condemnation of the failed human leaders, referred to as the unfaithful "shepherds" of Israel.
Through Ezekiel, a promise was given by God to the Israelites during their exile in Babylon to offer them hope and comfort, reminding them of God's faithfulness even when their human leaders proved unworthy. And God will set up "one shepherd," His "servant David" (a messianic figure fulfilled in Jesus Christ), to lead them.
The passage points to the promised Messiah, a descendant of David, who will be the faithful shepherd that God will raise to care for His people.
I like the Book of Ezekiel because it explains a lot about why certain things happened to the nation of Israel, and it offers lessons that we can still learn from today.
Through Ezekiel, God promises to establish a covenant of peace with them, remove the wicked leaders ("shepherds") who failed them, and personally care for them by providing safety, good pastures, and a new, faithful shepherd in the form of the Messiah.
The prophecy of Ezekiel 34:22-24 tells us that God "will raise One shepherd," whom he calls "my servant David." The words "one shepherd" This Shepherd will feed God's sheep and become "a chieftain among them." God will "make a covenant of peace" with his sheep, and "Blessings will pour down [on them] like the rains," and they will experience a delightful condition of security, refreshing prosperity, and fruitfulness, peace will prevail not only among humans but also between humans and animals!—Ezek. 34:25-28.
What do Ezekiel's words about a covenant of peace and rains of blessings mean for the future? In the coming new world promised in scripture, God's worshippers on earth will experience the full blessings of the "covenant of peace." God promises the following: a new global paradise, war, crime, famine, sickness, or wild animals will never again threaten faithful humans. (Isa. 11:6-9; 35:5, 6; 65:21-23)
Just think, all humans will be in harmony with one another and with their earthly home; there will be no danger, no threat anywhere. Very soon God will fulfil this promise: "I will make a covenant of peace with them, and I will rid the land of vicious wild beasts, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forests."—Ezek. 34:25.
The passage culminates with God declaring, "Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people...You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God."
Through Ezekiel God promises, "I will set up for them a plantation of fame, and They will no longer die from famine in the land, and they [Gods people] will no longer be humiliated by the nations. 30 'Then they will have to know that I, Jehovah their God, am with them and that they, the house of Israel, are my people,' declares the Sovereign Lord Jehovah."
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